"At the end of the day, we were outplayed by the better team" : AB de Villiers

[Abdullah719]

AB de Villiers after Pakistan beat SA:

"They bowled well in first 10-15 overs and put us under pressure. We then lost some wickets which wasn't a great response and it put us on the backfoot. I think we recovered well with David and the other guys. We got into a good position and came out with a good attitude in the field but came up short"

"You never know when the rain is gonna come so you don't want to push hard. If I knew they'd bat only 27 overs I would've pushed harder but that's part of the game. At the end of the day, we were outplayed by the better team today and that's important to notice"

 

[troodon]

Its usually the better team on the day wins.

SA are big ICC tournament chokers. They cannot handle big stage.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Yes the better team won.But AB is a poor captain.

 

[Aman]

Better team won, but you shouldn't be getting beat by Pakistan when half your side is world class

 

[IAJ]

Its usually the better team on the day wins.

SA are big ICC tournament chokers. They cannot handle big stage.

Yeah keep repeating this in every Thread, do not give much credit to the team which outplayed them...

 

[MRSN]

Better team won, but you shouldn't be getting beat by Pakistan when half your side is world class

Especially against this side which has Azhar and Hafeez.

 

[aniket1911]

Yeah keep repeating this in every Thread, do not give much credit to the team which outplayed them...

I am sorry but when no. 1 team gets a phainty of this epic proportions from a no. 8 team then people will generally be harsh/trolling the no.1 team. Pakistan did brilliantly well but GOD! was south Africa awful. They may very well defeat India in their next game but they can never win the tourney with such mental midgets.

 

[dauntless]

That was all AB's fault! He played worst shot to get out! You are the culprit AB! Pakistan would have struggled to chase that total but rain!!......

 

[Smbhayi]

If I knew they'd bat only 27 overs I would've pushed harder but that's part of the game.

lol. drizzle started around 18th over and he gives ball to Parnell. Also when they've a low score on a rain threat day did he expect all 50 overs will be bowled?

 

[bujhee kom]

That group is a joke. 2 minnows and perennial chokers mean India are assured a SF. Had we been in that group, we would be 90% likely to qualify. ICC should make fair groupings. We are #6 ranked and deserve a fair go.

 

[ExpressPacer]

De Villiers is not captaincy material. Doesn't have the right attitude.

 

[Pete Rose]

He should have batted second

 

[RehanG]

That group is a joke. 2 minnows and perennial chokers mean India are assured a SF. Had we been in that group, we would be 90% likely to qualify. ICC should make fair groupings. We are #6 ranked and deserve a fair go.

I DONT know wether to cry, or laugh.

 

[badsha001]

Bangladesh should boycott ICC World Cup in 2019 if Hong Kong, China, Uganda and Papua New Guinea are not in their group...

 

[bujhee kom]

Bangladesh should boycott ICC World Cup in 2019 if Hong Kong, China, Uganda and Papua New Guinea are not in their group...

Throw in Pak and it completes the set.

 

[zayn]

Throw in Pak and it completes the set.

As good as Bangladesh are ATM, they're not capable of doing what Pakistan did to SA.

 

[TahirFan]

AB De Villiers is a poor captain

He won the toss and should have bowled first as rain was forecast

AB should resign as captain and FAF should take over

 

[bujhee kom]

As good as Bangladesh are ATM, they're not capable of doing what Pakistan did to SA.

Disagree. Given that Bangladesh is stronger than Pak in all 3 departments, it is entirely possible that we could beat SAF.

Not too long ago we beat them in a series if you recall.

 

[sl-fan-of-pak]

Disagree. Given that Bangladesh is stronger than Pak in all 3 departments, it is entirely possible that we could beat SAF.

Not too long ago we beat them in a series if you recall.

lol shushh now minnow..have some humility after being thrashed in the practice matches and now in the actual tournament. minnow minnow. minnow.

 

[bujhee kom]

lol shushh now minnow..have some humility after being thrashed in the practice matches and now in the actual tournament. minnow minnow. minnow.

We ran Eng close (48th over) and had Australia poised for Fizz. We are 6th.

 

[Friend786]

Disagree. Given that Bangladesh is stronger than Pak in all 3 departments, it is entirely possible that we could beat SAF.

Not too long ago we beat them in a series if you recall.

What has your team ever done away from home?

 

[zayn]

We ran Eng close (48th over) and had Australia poised for Fizz. We are 6th.

You keep yapping on about ranking, but does 8th beating 1st placed not show how unimportant rankings are?

 

[shaz619]

They really have no excuse, they are no.1 in the world and you can't even put it down to a choke etc. I think we must give more credit to Pakistan for the way they played and recovered from the previous defeat.